When you say that someone’s stand is “wrong-headed,” you imply that there are logical flaws in that stand: flaws that you can expose. But when you say that someone’s statement is “tacky,” you’re making a judgment based on style rather than substance. Erbe levels both charges against Alveda King. Let’s see which one she develops:

The irrepressible Erbe continues her argument—and I’m not making this up, nor leaving out anything:

I support abortion rights but I'm not sure I would go so far as to call it a human rights issue.

You’re not sure. Why aren’t you sure? And if you’re not sure, how do you know that King’s argument is wrong-headed? Where’s that flaw in her logic? Where’s that proof that abortion and racism aren’t comparable?

We way overuse the terms "human right" or "civil right" to the point where everyone claims something they want and don't have is a civil right.

We “way” overuse the terms. I see. Suddenly it all becomes so clear! Erbe doesn’t spell out the argument, but her meaning is clear enough:

And so she was, like, I don’t know, like, abortion is, like, y’know, “Eeew!” and everything, and I was like, y’know, that’s way harsh, and it was all so, like, y’know, just so tacky!

(Lest readers be confused, let me make it clear that the last sentence above was not actually written by Bonnie Erbe, but only implied.)

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Diogenes, it’s like, ya know, Bonnie is trying to protect “health care” for women. It’s like, you don’t understand that a baby can be such an inconvenience and a burden and like, you know, a fetus doesn’t have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness so the woman can, at any point, kill the fetus. Thou Shalt Not Kill and the Declaration of Independence are so yesterday. God help us!

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